Who Is this steeler

Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 21 Aug 2006 10:28 pm

Well,the singer is Buck Owens,but I'll be damned if I know who the steeler is. I know it AIN'T Ralph Mooney,Jay McDonald,Tom Brumley,or Jerry Brightman. Since this looks like one of those old "hillbilly parks",& the time period being 1961,it could've been the "house band" steeler. Perhaps Buck had not formed the traveling "Buckaroos" yet. Who knows,maybe he was still travlling under the pseudonym,"Corky Jones".

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Brett Anderson · Post by **Brett Anderson** » 21 Aug 2006 10:55 pm

It kinda looks like Johnny Paycheck.

Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 21 Aug 2006 11:10 pm

Brett,
I never thought of that but,yer right,it does kinda resemble J.P. I remember him always being a fair steeler. I did a short tour w/ him,back in the late 60's,& he always did wanna pick on my steel. How 'bout it Jack? Would dat be J.P.,a/k/a/ Donny Young?

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Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 22 Aug 2006 1:33 am

I know one thing: That's an ElectroVoice 664 microphone Buck's singing into!

I had a couple, you could hammer a nail into the stage with one, then put it on the stand and sing through it.

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Jack Solomon · Post by **Jack Solomon** » 22 Aug 2006 9:59 am

Smiles, I'm ashamed of you.Of all people I thought you would know. It is Donny Young, AKA Johnny Paycheck.

Jack Solomon · Post by **Jack Solomon** » 22 Aug 2006 10:26 am

This pic was taken around the time Buck had no band. Donny and I and sometimes Jim Crawford worked the Ohio area pre Jones. Adams Bros.period. I have some other pics I'll post if I can, with Buck, Don Rich, D young, J crawford and myself at Frontier Ranch.

Gary Steele · Post by **Gary Steele** » 22 Aug 2006 10:29 am

Jack, I havent seen you for a long time. Good to see your name.
Gary Steele.
Columbus Ohio.

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 22 Aug 2006 10:39 am

That picture is a real treasure! Thanks for sharing it.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 22 Aug 2006 10:45 am

I think its pete Duhart and the place is Mountain park in Holyoke Mass

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Jack Solomon · Post by **Jack Solomon** » 22 Aug 2006 12:11 pm

Thanks Gary, It has been a while.

Jack Solomon · Post by **Jack Solomon** » 22 Aug 2006 12:13 pm

Joe, It is Donny Young J. Patcheck somewhere in Indiana

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 22 Aug 2006 12:32 pm

I believe that our Jerry Hendrix was playing with Buck Owens in Bakersfield around that time. He is Still at it, playing very fine steel guitar...al

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Randy Mason · Post by **Randy Mason** » 22 Aug 2006 12:47 pm

That fooled me too. I thought it was Fuzzy
Owen. He played steel in tose days.

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 22 Aug 2006 12:49 pm

I have some other pics I'll post if I can,

Please do!

Great stuff! Thanks for posting it.

Al Udeen · Post by **Al Udeen** » 22 Aug 2006 2:03 pm

No one mentioned the steel he was playing? sure looks like a Fender 400 I worked some shows with Buck in 1960 when I was living in Tucson Az. I was playing my 1957 Sho-Bud at the time, Donny Young borrowed my guitar in 1958 when he played the the Flame Cafe in Minneapolis with George Jones! Al Udeen

Jack Solomon · Post by **Jack Solomon** » 22 Aug 2006 6:58 pm

Here is Donny Buck Don and Jim Crawford after a show we played at Frontier Ranch Aug. 61. I took the pic so I'm not in it.

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 22 Aug 2006 7:02 pm

Great Donny Young pictures,Jack...hey to Miss Melba...

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Jack Solomon · Post by **Jack Solomon** » 22 Aug 2006 7:09 pm

Here is Buck and I. I guess you could call
Donny,Jimmy and I were the house band.We were a lot younger!!!!!!!!!

Jack Solomon · Post by **Jack Solomon** » 22 Aug 2006 7:30 pm

Thanks Steve, Melba says Hi back.She's even wavin' her hand.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 22 Aug 2006 7:46 pm

I stand corrected I guess the year also would have made me wrong.

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Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 22 Aug 2006 8:24 pm

I'm wavin'my hand too...last time I saw her I asked her about"They Bought the House Next Door"...was that Hal Rugg?

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Tommy Minniear · Post by **Tommy Minniear** » 23 Aug 2006 4:26 am

I'm not sure, but the stage in Jack's first picture looks like one I recall that was located in Anderson, Indiana....Mockingbird Hill,..Park...something. Great pics!

Tommy Minniear

Cody Campbell · Post by **Cody Campbell** » 23 Aug 2006 7:10 am

Steve H.,

Listening to the last part of that steel intro, I'd swear it was Lloyd. I'm interested to know if I thought wrong.

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 23 Aug 2006 7:20 am

Cody-do you have that record?I have a REALLY bad mp3 of it...the record must have been in terrible condition!I'd sure love to have a good clean mp3 of it...I asked Melba who it was...she told me she had"Buddy on some things,Hal on some things..."it is DEFINITELY a Sho~Bud,and features the'broken-glass tone' that I love so much from that era...Lloyd could get that tone too,though...maybe he'll see this and enlighten us...regardless of who played steel,I believe that is about the most high-powered girl-singing I have ever heard!What label was that record on anyway?

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